circumscribed

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Circumscribed abscesses, however, are due to one or more of the other pus-causing micro-organisms.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 810, July 11, 1891 by Various

Circumscribed as are the boundaries of this place, yet the grounds are so artfully, while one thinks so artlessly, laid out, that, wandering through their labyrinthine recesses, you might believe yourself in an extensive wilderness.

From Recreations of Christopher North, Volume 2 by Wilson, John

Not at all Sir.— while it is General and Circumscribed by decency, it cannot be too strong for the English.

From The Covent Garden Theatre, or Pasquin Turn'd Drawcansir by Macklin, Charles

And since I a mean must choose Between two extremes of action, From his cell, to-day, my son Shall go forth, but in a manner That will leave his seeming freedom Circumscribed and safely guarded.

From The Two Lovers of Heaven: Chrysanthus and Daria A Drama of Early Christian Rome by MacCarthy, Denis Florence

It is a case of Diffuse and Circumscribed Peritonitis, treated and reported by O. Vierordt, M. D., of Heidelberg.

From Appendicitis by Tilden, John Henry